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...best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...
...Last month, when Washington and Ottawa pledged to invest $60 billion in Detroit's biggest car company, Mexico - a partner in NAFTA and an integrated North American auto industry - was conspicuous by its absence at the negotiating table. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit Auto Show...
...ultimately pay the highest price for the shift in production. The reason is that, going forward, slashing output in Oshawa - its main production facility, located east of Toronto - comes at a much lower political price than doing the same in the U.S., where the U.S. Treasury and United Auto Workers control nearly...
...There's no such thing as 100% protection," says Toronto analyst Dennis DesRosiers with DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, referring to GM's commitment to Canada. He notes that as Canada's total share of North American auto production has steadily declined since hitting a peak in 2000, Mexico's share has moved in the opposite direction...
...Gulf state of Qatar over a cash infusion, but has so far failed to reach any deal. Piech sees the crisis as an opportunity to turn the tables and for VW to take control of Porsche, rather than the other way around. He's offered to buy Porsche's auto operations - but in a manner that provoked a furious response. Last weekend, the usually press-shy Wolfgang Porsche fired off an angry statement to the media accusing his cousin of issuing an ultimatum that he termed "blackmail." Piech shot back denying that it was an ultimatum. But a phrase...